Around the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little that looks the same as it did in March 2020, whether it’s how we work, how we study, or even how we move about our own homes. Many titles in this selection of spring architecture and design bo...
“This will kill that”. It is ironic that Hugo’s book (popularly known now by its English titleThe Hunchback of Nôtre-Dame) was written in large part to save the then-decaying cathedral (post-Revolution, it served as a warehouse...
(nests, dens, burrows, etc.), adding to the normalizing of middle-class homes within the context of picture book illustration. In the four books where the main characters are identified as “other” than human or animal (a punctuation mark, a mythic creature, an anthropomorphized cake, and...
This stunning collection of inspiring homes begins with a look back, which includes examples of iconic houses inspired by Hollywood film fantasies, Modernist residences by such luminaries as John Lautner, and Frank Gehry’s Deconstructivism-style home. The heart of the book features today’s forward...
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Surveillance was a thing we worried about in the post-WWII world. We had all read Orwell’s1984. We expected our freedom to include privacy. After the events of 9/11 we saw the need for some spying, both domestic and foreign, but we still hoped to not invade the homes of private ci...
Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements in their homes. They like books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like electrical writing, or how to decorate a house or make it larger. Why have “how to” books become so popular ? Maybe ...
TheGreen Burial Councilcertifiesfuneral products, services (funeral homes), and cemeteries and burial groundsthat meet their criteria. While definitions of “green” can vary, these are theirgeneral criteria: “The Green Burial Council believes cemeteries, preserves, and burial grounds can broadly be ...
migrants from central Europe who shared much in common but were rivals who disliked each other. Their reputations suffered with the decline of their buildings and from their sometimes-unpleasant personalities. But they were both idealists, dedicated to building the best possible homes for ordinary ...
Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur (Riley Jenson Guardian Series) Ill Wind (Weather Warden) by Rachel Caine Homebound by Lydia Hope Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning...